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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in online learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Bangladesh to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational undertakings. Students want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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